One thing I always love about this show and will continue to love is all the supporting characters. I’m also a big fan of Marin (obviously) but I like her more when she’s dealing with the craziness of all the other regulars. Where are Buzz and Mai? Where are all of Celia’s snappy returns? Where is that Marin and Jack spark that we love to see every week? That’s hard to duplicate when Jack and Marin don’t actually share any screen time. And I’m definitely missing it. Now that Marin’s committed herself to Jack and has turned into a woman who waits by the phone and knits, is she still the same Marin? One thing that remains the same is her propensity to attract trouble. This week’s trouble comes wrapped up in a big Patrick bow. With his memory gone, he’s basically starting from scratch and he sees something he likes in Marin. I laughed out loud when he tried to kiss her — mostly because Marin was so horrified and did a mad scramble to ge...
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I go on vacation and Elmo is consumed by craziness. Well, I might be overselling it. I do want to say thanks to Matt for blogging on the show the past few weeks.So, what do you make of this change in Patrick? I think it’s a pretty interesting obstacle in his relationship with Annie and I loved Dick and Celia’s suggestion that Annie try a more physical approach to getting Patrick to remember her and their life together. It’s just too bad it didn’t work. What I find interesting is that Patrick still seems to be a pretty good guy — sometimes. I didn’t love it when he called himself lame and told all his gathered friends there was nothing about his life worth remembering. I also didn’t like — and Annie didn’t either — him saying he’d call her after they’d had sex. Annie was happy with her new Patrick when they were between the sheets but the one she has to deal with the rest of the time just isn’t the man she was supposed ...
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I feared it the second that Mario Cantone slipped the barrette into Patrick's hair. In that instant, the purpose of the fierce winds and looming rain, coupled with the "contusions and hemorrhaging" promo for this week's episode, became clear. Elmo's undeniably cursed wedding would be cut short by a struck-down groom.Funny, when you think about it, that a lightning strike came at a time when the word "strike" is in all the headlines.OK, a tiny bit funny. I never said hysterical.By the way, it's Matt Mitovich here again. The resolution of last week's cliffhanger was a bit pat and anticlimactic. Cash lobs a few rocks at the wolves and all is good? Cop-out! So, this would have been the Season 1 finale. I appreciate that Men in Trees isn't all about the angst, the over-dramatic cliffhangers, when it very easily could be and so many other shows are. I wonder where we're going with the Patrick thing (assuming it's not a sitcom spin-off titled "Patrick Who?"). I feared that he would awake a...
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Heck, even I was crying, "Wolf! Um, make that wolves!!" as that final scene arrived. I'm guest blogger ("logger"?) Matt Mitovich, and this is your Men in Trees recap....Those who know me from elsewhere on this fine site know of my love for Men in Trees. I made a point of flagging down the fab Emily Bergl at TV Guide's Emmys after-party (she went on to refer to me in her TVGuide.com celeblog as "erudite," which someone tells me means "hunky-hot"), and my frequent stumping (heh-heh) for Trees has been known to elicit the occasional e-mail of appreciation from Jenny Bicks. So that's where I'm coming from here.That final scene of this week's episode had both my wife (the No. 1 Trees fan in our household) and I on the edge of our seats. What would you do? Seriously, what? Jack has advised Marin to throw something at the wolf and scream. Is Annie's beloved cat about to become airborne mincemeat? The promo for next week went so out of its way to suggest that Marin winds up in the hospital ...
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Marin’s little fantasy about Jack seemed too soft-light perfect to actually be happening. I, for one, am glad she’s not letting him off so easy. Yes, he made a mistake with Lynn, but Marin needs to feel like she had her dignity back before she can start something up with him again. Of course, she still has feelings for him — what sane woman wouldn’t — but I think she’s right to keep him at a distance. I’m sure they’ll find their happily-ever-after eventually. Two people making a very good go at that right now are Patrick and Annie.The planning of the bachelor and bachelorette parties pretty much goes off as expected. Annie presents Marin with an itinerary for her party (karaoke and pottery painting? really?) and Patrick reveals his bachelor-party fantasy to Marin. Annie’s carefully planned party turns fun after the ladies start drinking, and a relatively tame party at Ben’s bar gets interesting when a female mud wrestler shows up. Ce...
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The news that Jack and Lynn are done makes it around town in record time. Everyone assumes they’ll be back together in a flash, but I must admit I’m glad Marin isn’t ready to forgive and forget so easily. Of course they belong together, but like every other TV couple, they must overcome great odds before they can settle into happy-couple blissdom. But one of those obstacles seems to be leaving town.Cash is a man of very few words and apparently one of them isn’t goodbye. His abrupt departure from Marin’s life made me a laugh a little. It’s just like a guy to up and leave like that. Pipe down, I’m not complaining: I’m just observing. Cash is feeling like he’s been domesticated by Marin and that’s not a feeling he enjoys. He sets off with very little fanfare only to have Jack stumble upon his tent in the woods. Sharing close quarters with a sickly Marin results in her passing around the flu bug. When Cash asks Jack to go to Marin and g...
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Men in Trees finally accomplished something I never thought would happen: They made me feel sympathy for Lynn. I’ve never been a big fan of hers (and I know you haven’t either), but she definitely deserved more than she was getting from Jack. I guess it’s reassuring to have a man offer to take care of you and your baby, but Lynn wanted his love and Jack just couldn’t give her that. See ya, Lynn! Don’t let the door hit you in the “Pat Hisbutt” on the way out. And to think it all started with otter porn.Jack is commissioned to film otters mating. The hope is to use that tape to get some local otters, who haven’t mated in 11 years, to do the deed, so he heads out to the woods to get his money shot. In the meantime, there is plenty of drama going on in town. Sara’s court date is fast approaching, Patrick’s having an identity crisis, Marin and Cash are having a stew cook-off, and Lynn’s feeling like she and Jack have lost their spark...
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After ABC tortured us with such an interminably long hiatus, it was nice to welcome Elmo and all its wacky inhabitants back into my life. It’s funny because I thought I might have trouble getting back up to speed on all the storylines, but it all comes back so easily. OK, enough gushing. Mai is probably one of my favorite characters. Her voice can sometimes be grating but she has such a heart of gold. Of course, that heart is a little crushed when she discovers Buzz’s shopping-for-a-mail-order-bride book. What kind of idiot do you have to be to leave that thing lying around? What kind of idiot do you have to be not to throw that book away the second you get married? Even though both Buzz and Mai agree they probably wouldn’t have met if they’d left it solely up to stats on a piece of paper, they can agree that they’re happy they found each other.Celia is another of my favorites, and her relationship with Dick is nothing if not interesting. Dick is completely ...
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Hi, all. It's been so long since we've seen a new episode, but I'm afraid the wait will have to continue. The season premiere isn't until Friday, Oct. 12. (Why ABC, why?) I do, however, have some good news. Ausiello just broke this story about Morgan Fairchild guest-starring as herself. Yay! We'll have to wait a while to see the episode, but I don't mind... as long as nothing else happens to postpone the season.
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Question: Any scoop on the whole Men in Trees deal? What is going on? Will we ever see the end of the season?— MaraAusiello: Yes, you'll see the end of the season, but you might have to wait until the beginning of next season. It looks like ABC is holding the remaining episodes until the fall, making for an extra-large second season. There's also a lot of great info on other shows. Click here to check it out.I'm none too pleased by this development on Men in Trees. I'm trying to get some confirmation but in the meantime, let me know your thoughts.
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